Garment-supporter loop.



G. I. JERALDS.

GARMENT SUPPORTER LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED mac. n. 1915.

1,199,078. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

GEORGE I. JERALDS, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER LOOP.

Application filed December 17, 1915.

Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Supporter Loops, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification.

My present invention relates to that class of garment supporter loopsmore specially designed for stocking supporters, an example of this typeof garment supporter loop being shown in Patent No. 1,162,081 of CharlesP. Kuehn, November 30, 1915.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved means forholding an elastic cushion or pad at the contracted lower end of thesupporter loop and the invention consists in the improvementshereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andparticularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front view showing my improved garment supporter loop inconnection with a button-carrying tab adapted to cooperate with saidloop. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the lower part of my improved loop.Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the part shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a view in cross section on line 4-. of Fig. 2.

The body A of the loop is of familiar shape and is preferably formed ofbent wire, the upper portion of the loop being expanded to readily admitthe button B and a portion of the garment to be supported. The button Bis carried by a flexible tab 0 that is conveniently attached to thelower part of a garter pad or the like. The side members a of thecontracted lower portion of the loop are united together at the base ofthe loop by a transverse bar a.

In the lower part of the loop is placed a pad or cushion D of elasticmaterial, preferably soft rubber, and the means next to be described forholding this elastic pad in place at the bottom of the loop constitutesmy present invention. As shown, the pad D is elongated and ispreferably, although not necessarily, formed with the upper and lowerexpanded portions between which passes a retaining band E preferably ofsheet metal, this band passing around the Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 67,395.

lower portion of the side members a of the loop. By preference, thelower portions of the side members a of the loop are indented as at (tto more effectively retain the band E against longitudinal movement 011the side members a and by preference also, the band E is indented as at6 so as to cause it to snugly engage the contracted central portion ofthe elastic pad and to cause the ends of the band E to be drawn inwardlyinto the indentations a of the side members a.

Obviously, the precise details of construction above set forth may bevaried without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A garment supporter loop having side members and having at its lowerend an elastic pad mounted between said side members and a bandextending around and out.- side of said side members above their lowerends and serving to inclose and hold said pad between said side members.

2. A garment supporter loop having side members provided withindentations adjacent their lower ends and having at its lower end anelastic pad mounted between said side members and a band extendingaround and outside the indented portions of said side members andserving to inclose and hold said pad between said side members.

3. A garment supporter loop having side members and having at its lowerend an elastic pad mounted between said side members and a narrow bandextending around and outside said side members above their lower endsand serving to inclose and hold said pad between said side members, saidband being indented against thepad between said side members.

4. A garment supporter loop having side members and a bottom bar andhaving at its lower end an elastic pad arranged above said bottom barand formed with thickened upper and lower portions and mounted betweensaid side members, and a band extending around and outside said sidemembers above said bottom bar and between the thickened portions of saidpad and serving to inclose and hold said pad between said side members.

GEORGE I. JERALDS.

Washington, I). G.

